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NECROLOGY 



OF THE 



AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY, 



PREPARED BY 



SAMUEL A. GKEEN, M.D. 



FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING, OCTOBER 21, 1890. 



NECROLOGY. 



The Council of the American Antiquarian Society have the 
honor to submit the following report, which, in connection 
with the reports of the Treasurer and of the Librarian, makes 
uf) their usual semi-annual report. They congratulate the 
Society on the favorable statements of both officers ; and, 
for the condition of the finances as well as for the details of 
the library administration, they refer the members to the 
reports themselves. 

During the past six months, so far as is known, death 
has not invaded our ranks, which is a remarkable fact, 
though in that period information has been received of the 
death of three members, which took place shortly before 
the last semi-annual meeting. 

Martin Brewer Anderson died after a long illness, 
at Lake Helen, Florida, on February 25, 1890. He was a 
native of Brunswick, Maine, where he was born on Febru- 
ary 12, 1815. When a boy he was apprenticed to a ship 
carpenter at Bath, but his thirst for knowledge Impelled 
him to give up his chosen trade and take an advanced 
course of study. He entered Colby University, then known 
as Waterville College, where he graduated in the Class of 
1840. After a year spent at the Newton Theological Semi- 
nary he was appointed to a tutorship at Waterville, which 
position he tilled during two years, and in 1843 to a pro- 
fessorship, which he filled with distinguished ability during 
seven years. In the meantime, in the year 1842, he was 
chosen Librarian of the college, and he acted as such 
until his retirement from the institution. In 1850 he 



Ijecame the editor of the New York Recorder, a journal 
since merged in The Examiner (New York). Tlie editorial 
colurans of this newspaper, coming from his vigorous pen, 
bore ample witness to the strength of his mind as well as 
to the breadth of liis literary acquirements. In 1853 he 
was called to the presidency of the University of Rochester, 
where he remained during thirty-five years ; and in this 
position he found his true calling. As President and as 
Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy in the same 
institution he made his mark in the class-room, teaching 
his branches with clearness and power, and inspiring the 
students with his own enthusiasm. In the year 1853 the 
degree of LL.D. was conferred upon him by his Alma 
Mater, and in 1883 the same honorary distinction was re- 
ceived from the University of New York. Mr. Anderson 
was married in August, 1848, at Brooklyn, New York, to 
Elizabeth M., youngest daughter of Julius and Alice B. 
Gilbert, of New York City. His wife died also at Lake 
Helen, on February 22, 1890, only three days before 
his own decease ; and the two were buried together on 
March 4, in Rochester, New York. They "were lovely 
and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not 
divided." Mr. Anderson became a member of the Ameri- 
can Antiquarian Society on April 27, 1864. 

Guillermo Rawson died in Paris, France, near the 
beginning of last March. He was a native of the city of 
San Juan, Argentine Republic, where he was born in the 
year 1821. His father was Aman Rawson, a native of this 
Commonwealth and a descendant of Edward, who was the 
Secretary of the Massachusetts Colony from May 22, 1650, 
till the charter was taken away. Aman served in the United 
States Navy during the last war with England, and soon 
afterward went to Buenos Ayres, and thence to San Juan, 
where he practised the profession of medicine. Here he 
married Dona Justina Rojo, the mother of Guillermo. 
The son followed in the steps of the father and studied 



medicine ; and for some years practised his profession in 
San Juan, where at the same time he took an active interest 
in the politics of his country. He always espoused the 
liberal side, and throughout the Republic he gained a wide 
reputation as a public speaker. Later he took up his 
abode in Buenos Ay res, where he was chosen a member 
both of the National House of Representatives and of the 
Senate, and tilled many other positions of trust and respon- 
sibilty. In our Centennial Year of 1876 he was sent by 
the Medical Association of Buenos Ayres as a delegate to 
the International Medical Congress, which met in Philadel- 
phia, and during that period he visited Boston, where I had 
the pleasure to escort him through the abattoir at Brighton 
as well as through several of the hospitals within the limits 
of the city proper. He was much interested in sanitary 
science, and at one time was Professor of Public Hygiene 
in the Medical School at Buenos Ayres. His remains were 
taken from Paris to Buenos Ayres, where memorial services 
were held in honor of the physician and patriot. Dr. 
Rawson was chosen a member of the Society on April 30, 
1879. 

James Valentine Campbell died at his home in 
Detroit, Michigan, after a short illness, on March 26, 1890. 
He was born in Buffalo, New York, on February 25, 1823, 
and, when but three years old, his parents removed to 
Detroit, which was afterward his place of residence. He 
went to school at Flushing, Long Island, and matriculated 
at St. Paul's College in that town, where he graduated in 
the Class of 1841. His Alma Mater was under the control 
of the Episcopal denomination, but it has since passed out 
of existence. At the end of his college course returning: to 
Detroit, Mr. Campbell began the study of law under the 
instruction of Douglas and Walker, at that time a well 
known firm. He was admitted to practise at the bar in 
October, 1844, when he formed a partnership with his for- 
mer preceptors-; which continued until the senior partner 



was chosen to the bench. At the bar, as in every other 
relation of life, Mr. Campbell was remarkable for acuteness 
of intellect and oratorical facility, and for that breadth and 
exactness of knowledge, which earned him the reputation 
for learning that he had acquired among his professional 
brethren. In the spring of 1857 Mr. Campbell was elected 
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Michigan, and of 
three other justices then chosen, at the time of his death, 
he was the last official survivor. His term of service was 
the longest ever rendered by any judge of that court. 
Chief Justice Campbell became a member of the Society on 
October 22, 1877. 

These three deaths among our associates have occurred 
in widely separated places, and all within the short space 
of a month, an unusual mortality for that period of time ; 
and not one of them has happened during the last six 
months. 



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